Liahona

September 1996

Volume 20, Number 9

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: “True to the Faith”
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• The Brother of Jared: An Expert at Learning
  Elder Henry B. Eyring

• What I Learned about Serving My Wife
  Gary L. Gray

• Preparing to Teach
  Ray L. Larsen

• The Daddy Test
  Carolee H. Smith

• Tree of Life: Lehi’s Dream—A Shared Vision

• Bright Scripture
  Lela Bartlett Coons

• Especially for Youth

• Special Olympic Helpers
  Laury Livsey

• Profanity
  Elder Robert K. Dellenbach

• The Enemy in the Gutter
  John Bytheway

• Joseph, Son of Joseph
  J. Todd Martin and Lisa A. Johnson

• Measuring Up
  Lloyd Newell

• Departments

• Comment

• Mormon Message: My Peace I Give unto You

• Visiting Teaching Message: Heirs According to the Covenant

• The Friend

• Fire on the Mountain
  Lloyd H. Parry

• Song: I Will Be Valiant
  Vanja Y. Watkins

• Friend to Friend
  Rebecca M. Taylor and Elder Jay E. Jensen

• Sharing Time: Respect for Creation
  Karen Ashton

• Fun Page

• Fiction: Tracks
  Terri Stines

• Making Friends: Brynjólfur Vídir Ólafsson of Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
  DeAnne Walker